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What are Brownfields?“Brownfields” are abandoned, idled, or underused industrial or commercial properties with real or perceived environmental contamination. Through grants from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Regional Planning Commission (RPC) provides funding assistance and technical guidance to assist those interested in redeveloping Brownfield sites in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding parishes of Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa in southeast Louisiana.

Addressing potential environmental issues, especially financial and regulatory hurdles, is often intimidating, creating a barrier to the redevelopment or expanded use of these sites. RPC’s Brownfield Redevelopment Program helps convert these properties from community liabilities into community assets by providing funding and guidance to navigate the environmental process from investigation to cleanup.

Regional and State PartneringRPC partners with other EPA Brownfield grantees in the Region, including the City of New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, the City of Gretna, and the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as neighboring South Central Planning and Development Commission and City of Baton Rouge. We also partner with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's Brownfield and Voluntary Remediation Program.

About the Regional Planning CommissionThe Regional Planning Commission (RPC) is the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) and the Council of Governments (COG) for the New Orleans metropolitan region, serving Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, and Tangipahoa Parishes. Using funding provided through EPA's Brownfield and Land Revitalization Program, RPC provides technical assistance and environmental assessments for eligible Brownfield sites within our region. For more information about the RPC and our other projects, please visit: www.norpc.org.